I came across a video on Youtube of an old interview Stephen King did on Late Night with Conan O'Brien back in 2005 to promote The Colorado Kid (you can watch the video here). I was kind of surprised King hasn't made any appearances to promote Under the Dome, none that I'm aware of anyway. That's beside the point. As it turns out, this interview took place in September, and early on in the interview, Conan brings up that Halloween is right around the corner.
Seeing as it is Halloween, I figured now is the perfect time to discuss it. King came out and said that he hates Halloween. You'd think that this was a joke, but if there was irony, I didn't detect it. It seems like he really isn't a fan.
It makes sense, I mean he's a major celebrity, one who excels at horror no less, so it's not surprising when he says that swarms of people come to his house with high expectations.
I get it, but at the same time I think it's kind of sad that he doesn't embrace the holiday, if for no other reason than to have some fun with it. If he views it like work, than it makes sense that he would avoid it, the man works enough as it is, he certainly doesn't need more.
A Stephen King haunted house does seem like a cool idea. Not at his house, that could end badly, but some other location. Actually that would be a pretty cool contest, have Stephen King design your haunted house, they could enlist volunteer actors to play the various monsters and go the whole nine.
King would get to have all the fun of setting things up without worrying about the large crowds that would gather on his lawn. I don't see that happening though. He's got enough on his plate; it's fun to think about though.
Seeing as it is Halloween, I thought I'd give you guys a little something extra. This is an AMV that uses footage from the "Magnetic Rose" segment of an anime collection called Memories and sets it to a remix of "Phantom of the Opera". It's not King related, but it does have some King-esque elements.
If nothing else, it's perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the holiday and I think you guys will enjoy it. It's really well done.
Have a happy Halloween, be safe, don't eat too much candy (don't eat too little either). I leave you now with the video, enjoy
Seeing as it is Halloween, I figured now is the perfect time to discuss it. King came out and said that he hates Halloween. You'd think that this was a joke, but if there was irony, I didn't detect it. It seems like he really isn't a fan.
It makes sense, I mean he's a major celebrity, one who excels at horror no less, so it's not surprising when he says that swarms of people come to his house with high expectations.
I get it, but at the same time I think it's kind of sad that he doesn't embrace the holiday, if for no other reason than to have some fun with it. If he views it like work, than it makes sense that he would avoid it, the man works enough as it is, he certainly doesn't need more.
A Stephen King haunted house does seem like a cool idea. Not at his house, that could end badly, but some other location. Actually that would be a pretty cool contest, have Stephen King design your haunted house, they could enlist volunteer actors to play the various monsters and go the whole nine.
King would get to have all the fun of setting things up without worrying about the large crowds that would gather on his lawn. I don't see that happening though. He's got enough on his plate; it's fun to think about though.
Seeing as it is Halloween, I thought I'd give you guys a little something extra. This is an AMV that uses footage from the "Magnetic Rose" segment of an anime collection called Memories and sets it to a remix of "Phantom of the Opera". It's not King related, but it does have some King-esque elements.
If nothing else, it's perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the holiday and I think you guys will enjoy it. It's really well done.
Have a happy Halloween, be safe, don't eat too much candy (don't eat too little either). I leave you now with the video, enjoy
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